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Approach/Impact Damage

     First we have the light poles that were struck down on final approach to the Pentagon. These poles did damage to civilian vehicles on the roadway. How did these get downed if it was not a 757? Using the diagram below it would have required a plane with the wingspan of a 757  to knock down both poles 1 and 2, and poles 3 and 4.

     I don't think a missile or a Global hawk could knock down those street lights. They obviously do not have that kind of wingspan.

     Here is a graphic that shows the estimated path of approach by using the downed light poles as reference.

     Eye witness accounts say that before the plane struck the Pentagon it had dipped its left wing. It is also mentioned that the right wing and engine damage the large generator near the wall of the Pentagon.  Here is the damaged generator in question:

     This generator and its enclosure fence have both been damaged. The generated is pushed towards the Pentagon. 

     Eye witness accounts also point towards the fact that the plane hit the ground just prior to impact with the Pentagon wall. Does damage on the face of the Pentagon show this to be true. I think it does. 

     First we have the impact hole, unobstructed, unlike skeptic sites:

     Now the same photo with the center impact hole identified and right side lateral damage to the building.

     The circle would represent the fuselage and the right angle is the wing. If eye witnesses are correct the right wing would have been angled up slightly just at impact. There is damage that travels up to the right that would be consistent with eye witness accounts.

     The first three columns to the right are crushed, that would have been the bulkiest part of the wing, doing the most damage. If the wing was angled up, you can see some damage rising up to the second floor. The lower arrow is pointing to section of wall that is crushed inward with a strike mark angling upward like the wing would have been. The arrow to the right shows damage to the second story outer section. note that the damage is seemingly alone up there. This is probably where the very tip of the wing would have been. There is no damage to the next section to the right, or the section above.

     Now, how about the left side...

     Here we have a picture of the left side of the main impact hole:

     It is not hard to identify the center impact hole and the see the left lateral damage. If you look at the column labels you can see that columns 9, 10, 11, and 12 are totally annihilated. We also have first story damage extending beyond that. Columns 5, 6, and 7 are stripped on concrete and the metal is exposed. Although the debris is hardly identifiable, there is plenty of debris present.